An Eden Hazard ’employee’ has reportedly told Spanish sources about why a transfer from Chelsea to Real Madrid did not happen this year.

Despite plenty of speculation involving the Belgium international and a move to the Bernabeu, it now looks highly unlikely that this deal will be happening after the closing of the Premier League transfer window earlier this month.

Spanish clubs can still sign players until the end of August, but with Chelsea now unable to bring in a replacement until January, it would be a suicidal move to sell Hazard to Madrid in the next few days.

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It seems that after signing Courtois, Real were perhaps keen not to strain relations with the west Londoners by snapping up another star, though El Pais also add that he isn’t necessarily a priority of club president Florentino Perez.

Still, Real could do with a big-name signing in attack soon after selling Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus this summer.